Atlanta Hawks – Dallas Mavericks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 2 April 2025

ATL118–120DAL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 89% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 17 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ DAL winsATL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when DAL leads and falls when ATL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Anthony Davis decided it, the Dallas Mavericks player with the most points (34, with 15 rebounds and 2 assists; +3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Max Christie's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Dallas Mavericks 120-118 Atlanta Hawks (April 2, 2025) was hit by Anthony Davis: a jump shot with 3.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Dallas Mavericks up 120-118. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Dallas Mavericks 120-118 Atlanta Hawks (April 2, 2025) was a 10-0 run by the Dallas Mavericks in the third quarter (from 3:46 to 1:45), from 84-88 to 94-88. The Atlanta Hawks' best was a 8-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 3:00 to 1:46), from 110-115 to 118-115.

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Play: Anthony Davis makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Anthony Davis decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Davis decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

2 April 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705675:682; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ATL

Young · Okongwu · Daniels · LeVert · Niang

Closing lineup · DAL

Dinwiddie · Davis · Christie · Martin · Hardy

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ATL

Trae Young

40′ · -1

Onyeka Okongwu

40′ · +6

Dyson Daniels

33′ · 0

Zaccharie Risacher

25′ · -5

Mouhamed Gueye

14′ · +8

Vit Krejci

16′ · -18

Caris LeVert

24′ · 0

Terance Mann

21′ · +11

Dominick Barlow

8′ · -8

Georges Niang

20′ · -3

DAL

Naji Marshall

35′ · -10

Spencer Dinwiddie

33′ · -1

Anthony Davis

30′ · +3

Klay Thompson

29′ · -2

Dereck Lively II

16′ · -2

Max Christie

25′ · +9

Caleb Martin

28′ · +5

Daniel Gafford

20′ · +1

Jaden Hardy

22′ · +5

Kai Jones

2′ · +2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. ATL and DAL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Atlanta Hawks

Young, Okongwu, Daniels, Gueye, and Risacher played 10.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
LeVert, Young, Mann, Okongwu, and Daniels played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Niang, Young, Okongwu, and Daniels played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Dallas Mavericks

Marshall, Lively, Thompson, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 7.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Martin, Gafford, Hardy, Christie, and Davis played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Martin, Gafford, Marshall, Christie, and Dinwiddie played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Atlanta Hawks

LeVert, Okongwu, Krejci, Daniels, and Risacher played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Young, Okongwu, Krejci, Daniels, and Risacher played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Niang, Young, Mann, Okongwu, and Risacher played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Niang, Young, Krejci, and Barlow played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Niang, Young, Mann, Okongwu, and Daniels played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
LeVert, Young, Mann, Barlow, and Gueye played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Niang, Okongwu, Krejci, Daniels, and Risacher played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
LeVert, Niang, Young, Okongwu, and Krejci played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Young, Mann, Okongwu, Krejci, and Risacher played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
LeVert, Mann, Krejci, Daniels, and Barlow played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Niang, Mann, Okongwu, and Daniels played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
LeVert, Niang, Young, Mann, and Okongwu played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Young, Mann, Okongwu, Gueye, and Risacher played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
LeVert, Niang, Young, Mann, and Barlow played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Dallas Mavericks

Marshall, Christie, Thompson, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Martin, Gafford, Marshall, Hardy, and Christie played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Martin, Gafford, Hardy, Christie, and Dinwiddie played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Martin, Marshall, Thompson, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Martin, Hardy, Lively, Thompson, and Davis played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Marshall, Christie, Lively, Thompson, and Dinwiddie played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Marshall, Jones, Thompson, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Martin, Marshall, Hardy, Lively, and Thompson played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Martin, Hardy, Thompson, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Martin, Marshall, Christie, Davis, and Dinwiddie played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Gafford, Marshall, Hardy, Thompson, and Dinwiddie played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

This is how the NBA's cameras measured the players in this game.

Trae Young touched the ball 99 times, a game high.
Onyeka Okongwu defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Anthony Davis had 24 rebound chances, a game high.

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Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Trae Young	4.59	6.4	99	65
Onyeka Okongwu	4.59	6.4	53	35
Dyson Daniels	4.12	7.1	62	48
Zaccharie Risacher	3.25	7.5	26	15
Caris LeVert	3.19	7.1	39	24
Terance Mann	2.62	7.0	16	11
Georges Niang	2.61	7.0	32	26
Vít Krejčí	2.11	7.3	20	15
Mouhamed Gueye	1.91	7.7	26	13
Dominick Barlow	1.13	7.7	11	8

Dallas Mavericks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Naji Marshall	4.14	6.8	52	43
Caleb Martin	3.62	7.2	41	33
Klay Thompson	3.62	7.0	40	28
Spencer Dinwiddie	3.60	6.1	81	65
Anthony Davis	3.30	6.1	77

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Atlanta Hawks

Dyson Daniels deflected 5.9 passes per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Onyeka Okongwu contested 7.0 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 37 of 388 in the league.
Trae Young drew 0.07 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 57 of 388 in the league.

Dallas Mavericks

Daniel Gafford defended 6.4 shots at the rim per game over his 57 games, and opponents made 14 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 3 of 138 in the league.
Anthony Davis contested 9.6 shots per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 11 of 388 in the league.
Dereck Lively II contested 9.2 shots per game over his 36 games.
He ranks 13 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Dallas Mavericks have won 41 of their 90 games against the Atlanta Hawks.

41-49record of the Dallas Mavericks · NBA 1980-81 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1980-81 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.977

104% of capacity

American Airlines Center · Dallas

Scoring

238

combined points

10.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:10

Anthony Davis → Hawks

Davis (DAL) moves his foot heel-to-toe to create distance on the perimeter.